Hermann Norbert Watzl
Hermann Norbert Watzl OCist (born March 10, 1902 in Aigen im Mühlkreis , † November 13, 1986 in Heiligenkreuz ) was an Austrian Roman Catholic theologian, archivist of the Heiligenkreuz Abbey and church historian.
life and work
Hermann Norbert Watzl entered the novitiate of the Heiligenkreuz Abbey on August 26, 1921 (two relatives of Watzl from Upper Austria had already entered the Vienna Woods Monastery) and made his solemn professorship on August 30, 1925. He was ordained a priest on July 18, 1926, and celebrated his first priesthood in Aigen three days later.
From September 2, 1926 to August 31, 1927, Watzl was employed as a cooperator in St. Valentin , but then returned to Heiligenkreuz Abbey for health reasons . From 15 August 1928 to 12 August 1930, he worked as a cooperator in Alland worked and the community served by the death of P. Walther Watzl as Provisor of 21 March to 12 August 1930. Following Watzl was the ninth From September 1930 to July 12, 1931, worked as a cooperator in Neukloster . From September 15, 1932 to September 15, 1934 he was a catechist in Siegenfeld and from September 18, 1934 in Grub . In 1939 he was made responsible for looking after and overseeing the Conversation Brothers. At that time he was also the prefect of the boys' choir and worked as a cooperator in Heiligenkreuz and the Siegenfeld and Grub branch churches .
On June 18, 1942, he was appointed archivist of the monastery and carried out this work until his death. In dozens of publications, he elaborated the medieval history of construction, ownership and administration of the monastery, whose extensive manorial rule extended over the present-day federal states of Lower Austria and Burgenland. A commemorative publication published in 1987 documents Watzl's most important essays and editions. His research was mainly related to the Middle Ages, but also extended into the Baroque period, for example with the valuable edition of the diary of the Heiligenkreuz Boys' Choir Prefect Balthasar Kleinschroth from the Turkish year 1683: Escape and Refuge is considered a classic of Austrian source studies of modern times. The subjects preferred by Watzl were monastic manorial rule, Cistercian observance, settlement history and studies of people related to the Holy Cross.
On April 12, 1977, he received the Gold Medal for Services to the Federal State of Lower Austria , after he had previously received the Burgenland honor ; In 1982 he was made an honorary member of the Association for Regional Studies of Lower Austria and Vienna . From September 10, 1978 to November 13, 1986, he was a senior convent. He was also given the professional title of professor by the Federal President.
Works
- Escape and Refuge. The diary of the priest Balthasar Kleinschroth from the Turkish year 1683, in: Research on regional studies of Lower Austria 8, Hermann Böhlaus successor, Graz 1956.
- 750 years of Mönchhof 1217-1967. V. Horvath, Neusiedl am See 1967.
- Winden am See in the land register of Heiligenkreuz Abbey from 1388. A building block for the history of the place. in: Burgenland in its Pannonian environment, Burgenland Research, Sb. 8, Eisenstadt 1984.
- … In loco, qui nunc ad sanctam crucem vocatur…: Sources and treatises on the history of the Heiligenkreuz Abbey. Heiligenkreuzer Verlag, Heiligenkreuz 1987.
literature
- Harald Prickler : Geistl. Advice Prof. P. Hermann Norbert Walz, O.Cist. In: Burgenland homeland sheets . Eisenstadt 1986, No. 4, pp. 153-155.
- Gerhard Hradil : In memoriam Prof. hc P. Hermann Watzl OCist († November 13, 1986). In: Sancta Crux . 1986, No. 47, pp. 9-10.
Web links
- Publications by Hermann Watzl in the Opac of the Regesta Imperii
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Watzl, Hermann Norbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian theologian and church historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aigen in the Mühlkreis |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 1986 |
| Place of death | Heiligenkreuz (Lower Austria) |